,When my brother started keep bees in Piteå 1972, beekeeping in Sweden was not very advanced. That view I got from him.

One guy near me brought much methods from USA and Canada 50-60 years ago.Another beekeeper spoke Russia and he brought knowledge from Soviet area and from Poland.His Italian bees were very high productive.

Next time it warms up I'll take another look around. We had a cold from that came in yesterday and it's really windy and cold.. I don't want to go out, so I assume neither do the bees. Going out at dusk is a great idea. These bees that I found on my patio were out way past dusk, about 9pm or later.

So bumble bees can survive in Finland? Do you have many different varieties?

I raised a colony of bumble bees this summer. I didn't notice them ever flying towards lights at night, but then again there was just about 100 bumble bees in the hive. Nothing like the numbers in a honeybee hive.